TY - JOUR ID - 178258 TI - Is Nano-Biofortification the Right Approach for Malnutrition in the Era of COVID-19 and Climate change? JO - Egyptian Journal of Soil Science JA - EJSS LA - en SN - 0302-6701 AU - El-Ramady, Hassan AU - Elmhdy, Shiamaa AU - Awad, Aya AU - Nassar, Safa AU - Osman, Omima AU - Metwally, Eman AU - Aly, Eman AU - Fares, Eman AU - El-Henawy, Ahmed AD - Soil and Water Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 61 IS - 2 SP - 161 EP - 174 KW - Human health KW - Nutrient deficiency KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Biofortification KW - Biofortified crops DO - 10.21608/ejss.2021.75653.1445 N2 - Human health may depend on the environment and its compartments, which may include climatic factors. These climatic factors and their changes might impact on human health particularly the outbreak of pandemics like COVID-19. The combined stress resulted from climate changes and COVID-19 could be noticed in several countries especially in the developing countries. Malnutrition is considered one of the most important problems in the developing countries in particular under the droughts, flooding, and other climatic events. Malnutrition was aggravated under COVID-19 outbreak in these countries due to the closure of border between countries, the crisis of global trade, and the global food insecurity. The biofortification process is the sustainable solution to overcome malnutrition, which included very recently using nano-nutrients as called nano-biofortification. The approach of nano-biofortification is a promising tool in producing biofortified edible plants, otherwise this tool still needs more studies to answer the open questions like which nano-nutrients can be used in nano-biofortification? Which recommended doses and crops are considered suitable candidates? UR - https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_178258.html L1 - https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_178258_2081cd9ec19eeb8074c2ef2a70c9c7c5.pdf ER -